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Astromart Reviews - William Optics FLT110mm f7 TMB designed triplet and matching field flattener This is the small print on the box: Not bad for a reducer! In fact the image is sharp without any camera of software sharpening in Photoshop, down to the corners. I predict very good results on the stars (unless you start drinking too many of the above test subjects of course!). Conclusions http://www.astromart.com/articles/article.asp?article_id=523 (18 of 19)1/6/2007 10:54:28 AM So, who will benefit from the FLT110 telescope? Certainly most amateurs who are in the market for a relatively budget friendly APO refractor of moderate size.
Astromart Reviews - William Optics FLT110mm f7 TMB designed triplet and matching field flattener I would say that the FLT110, optically and mechanically gives excellent overall quality and value for money, except for the slight star test imperfections and perhaps here and there some things could be made better on the focuser. Usually however you are not star testing a telescope, rather observing with it, and under these conditions these star test imperfections are not really significant as far as I (and others) could judge on multiple occasions. Excellent seeing conditions might reveal them to the experienced eye, but at least where I live, that is very rare. For deep-sky photography where ?by the nature of things ?you are working at an image scale which make it next to impossible to detect slight optical imperfections and where a sharp, apochromatic and flat image is the important criterion, from what we have seen above, most likely you can• go wrong with this telescope and its field flattener. But as mentioned, even for higher resolution lunar or solar imaging you will need superb seeing, a small pixel size camera and a perfect high quality Barlow to start to detect the difference with an optically perfect telescope. One important thing when buying a new telescope is the support you get after you bought it. In that sense I experienced William Optics as really helpful and responsive whenever a small issue popped up. Good to know. If on the other hand you only settle for the best in class beyond anything, and are willing/able to pay for it, you may want to move to another brand refractor. My Takahashi TOA130, Lomo TMB 80mm and the tested LZOS TMB 105mm are in terms of optical quality the better scopes, but not by all that much. I guess in that sense William Optics has succeeded in offering a good apo with decent optics at a competitive price. Direct competition I see for the FLT110 are the vendors of Russian made TMB lenses (105 and 115mm) and the Takahashi TSA102 (be it at a smaller diameter and slower focal ratio). Not to mention even cheaper WO lones?hitting the market just recently. But not much is known about those yet. Now if William Optics would provide a wider T ring for an EOS 5D, and an STL adapter for the STL11000... bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! News | Classifieds | Auctions | Forums | My Account | Help | RSS All times are in (GMT-8:00) Pacific Standard Time Zone http://www.astromart.com/articles/article.asp?article_id=523 (19 of 19)1/6/2007 10:54:28 AM
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